to manageproposals park concessionaires, similar to the model used by the defense department. i would like to mention sequestration on the budgetary cuts and the national park service and the national bureaus. sequestration was designed to be flexibility and discriminate. it is defering important work. to conclude, the national park service will continue to pursue knew and creative ways to address its funding needs. i want to thank our many partners who are here who have come to us with ideas and i appreciate the support of congress to resolve this extraordinary challenge. thank you. >> director jarvis, thanks very much. because of the number of senators here, i'll ask one question to get us started and recognize our colleagues. director jarvis, for decades, the park service has recommended expanding the oregon caves national monument. and one of the primary reasons has been because the existing site is not large enough to protect the site, given the volume of visitors. so in the case of oregon caves, not expanding the site could actually increase the cost of maintaining a ver